
Invited Speakers
Gad Rennert,
MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman,
Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Carmel Medical Center
The Chil and Berta Weissmann Chair in Precision Medicine,

Fahd Al-Mulla,
PhD
Chief Scientific Officer of Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait
Lecture title:
TBA

Gil Atzmon,
PhD
Head, Laboratory of Genetics and Epigenetics of Aging and Longevity at Haifa University, Israel
Lecture title:
Switch theory in practice: a model to decipher the disease complexity

Paolo Boffetta,
MD
Professor, Stony Brook Univ. Mount Sinai Medical Center, USA
Lecture title:
Genetic screening of workers: potential benefits and pitfalls.

Pinchas Cohen,
MD
Dean, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, USA

Jack Cuzick,
PhD, FRS, CBE
Head, Cancer Prevention Unit, Centre for Prevention, Detection & Diagnosis,
John Snow Professor of Epidemiology, Queen Mary Univ. of London
Lecture title:
TBA

Ronen Durst,
MD
Heart Institute, Hadassah Medical Center, Israel
Lecture title:
TBA

James Ford,
MD
Professor, Director, Stanford Clinical Cancer Genomics,
Stanford Univ., USA
Lecture title:
Penetrance and clinical management of CDH1 mutation associated hereditary diffuse gastric cancer and lobular breast cancer

Talia Golan,
MD
Head, Sheba Pancreatic Cancer Center, Israel
Lecture title:
The spectrum of response in HR-deficient pancreatic cancer

Samir M. Hanash,
MD, PhD
Director, Red & Charline McCombs Inst., Evelyn & Sol Rubenstein Distinguished Chair, Cancer Prevention MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
Lecture title:
Cancer early detection: where are we heading

David Hunter,
MD, PhD
Richard Doll Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine, University of Oxford, UK
Lecture title:
TBA

Jaak Janssens,
MD
Professor of Oncology, President ECP, Limburg Oncological Center, Salvator Hospital, Belgium
Lecture title:
Cancer tissue acquisition in the era of molecular biology

Paul Lacaze,
PhD
Head - Public Health Genomics, National Heart
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine,
School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine,
Monash University
Lecture title:
National pilot study of population DNA screening in Australia

Steven M. Lipkin,
MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine & Genetic Medicine, Vice Chair for Basic & Translational Research, Weill Cornell Medicine, USA
Lecture title:
The NCI CAPIT Center for LNP RNA Cancer Immunoprevention

Victor Moreno,
MD,PhD
Professor of Preventive Medicine, Catalan Oncology Inst., Spain
Lecture title:
Microbiome and colorectal cancer: potential for personalizing screening

Timothy D. O'Connor,
PhD
Program in Personalized & Genomic Medicine, Univ. of Maryland School of Medicine, USA
Lecture title:
TBA

George P. Patrinos,
PhD
Professor of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Patras Univ., Greece
Lecture title:
Genome-guided therapies: If not now, when?

David Ransohoff,
MD
Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC, USA
Lecture title:
MCEDs (multi-cancer early detection tests) like GRAIL/Galleri

Neil Risch,
PhD
Director, Human Genetics Inst, Univ. of California San Francisco, USA
Lecture title:
Missing Heritability is Context Dependent

Peter Sasieni,
PhD
Professor of Cancer Prevention, King's College London, UK
Lecture title:
TBA

Alan Shuldiner,
MD
VP, Regeneron, Professor, Univ. of Maryland School of Medicine, USA
Population genomics of the Middle East and South Asia identify novel disease genes for common and rare disorders
Lecture title:
Population genomics of the Middle East and South Asia identify novel disease genes for common and rare disorders

Neli Ulrich,
PhD, MS
Professor, Cancer Research & Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Huntsman Cancer Centre/Utah Health Univ., USA
Lecture title:
TBA

Wei Zheng,
MD, PhD
Anne Potter Wilson Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Epidemiology
Director, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center
Associate Director for Population Sciences and Co-Leader of Cancer Epidemiology Program
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, USA
Lecture title:
Use of Genomics and Other Omics Data to Gain New Insights into Cancer Etiology and Biology.

Marc Abramowicz,
MD, PhD
Professor, Head, Genetic Medicine Dept, Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland
Lecture title: Rare diseases: the Geneva Genome Board experience

Chris Amos,
PhD
Professor & Director, Clinical & Translational Research Inst, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Lecture title:
Genomic approaches to precision medicine for lung cancer prevention and early detection.

Nir Barzilai,
MD
Professor of Genetics & Endocrinology. Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Lecture title:
GH/IGF1 pathway in human longevity.

Dean Brenner,
MD
Professor of Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Lecture title:
Using stemness as a biomarker for evidence of clinical preventive efficacy

Giovanni Corso,
M.D., Ph.D.
Breast Surgeon, European Institute of Oncology, Italy
Lecture title:
CDH1 gene test for gastric and breast cancer risk
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Andrea De Censi,
MD, PhD
Professor, Director, Medical Oncology Unit, National Hospital E.O. Ospedali Galliera, SC Oncologia Medica, Italy
Lecture title:
TBA

Ian O. Ellis,
MB, BS, BSc, FRCP
Senior Lecturer in Clinical Genetics, School of Medicine, Liverpool Univ., UK
Lecture title:
TBA

Judy Garber,
MD, MPH
Susan F Smith Chair and Chief, Division of Cancer Genetics and Prevention, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, USA
Lecture title:
Treatment of breast cancer in mutation carriers: How have PARP inhibitors changed the questions?

Peter Goodhand,
CEO, Global Alliance for Genomics & Health (GA4GH), Ontario Cancer Research Inst., Canada
Lecture title:
TBA

Leroy Hood,
MD, PhD
Professor, CEO, Phenome Health, Systems Biology Inst., USA
Lecture title:
TBA

Shai Izraeli,
MD
Professor, Tel Aviv University / Director of the Rina Zaizov Pediatric Hematology Oncology Division, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel / The Dora and Gregorio Shapiro Chair of Hematological Malignancies Dept. of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Lecture title:
Childhood leukemia as a model for precision medicine - achievements, opportunities and challenges

Bruce R. Korf,
MD, PhD
Crews Finley Endowed Chair in Medical Genetics, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Lecture title:
The Alabama Genomic Health Initiative: Integration of Genomic Medicine into Primary Care

Heinz-Josef Lenz,
MD
Professor of Medicine & Preventive Medicine, Southern California Univ., USA
Lecture title:
Molecular Landscape in Colorectal Cancer. Shaping the Future.
Lecture title:
Molecular Landscape in Colorectal Cancer. Shaping the Future.

Catalina Lopez-Correa,
MD, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, Genome Canada
Lecture title:
TBA

Steven Narod,
MD
Professor of Preventive Medicine & Geriatrics, Women's Hospital, Canada
Lecture title
Prevention of hereditary breast cancer. MRI or mastectomy?

Kenneth Offit,
MD
Chief, Clinical Genetics Service, Chair, Inherited Cancer Genomics, Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, Medicine Dept, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
Lecture title:
TBA

Sharon E. Plon,
MD, PhD
Professor, Molecular & Human Genetics, Pediatric Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Lecture title:
TBA

Timothy Rebbeck,
PhD
Vincent L. Gregory Professor of Cancer Prevention
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Lecture title:
Achieving equity in precision oncology
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Mark E. Robson,
MD
Professor, Chief, Breast Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
Lecture title:
TBA
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Stephanie Schmit,
PhD, MPH
Associate Staff and Vice Chair, Genomic Medicine Institute. Cleveland Clinic; Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA
Lecture title
A multidisciplinary approach to investigate factors underlying the rise in young-onset colorectal cancer

Vered Stearns,
MD, FASCO
Professor of Oncology, Director, Women’s Malignancies Disease Group, Breast Cancer Research Chair in Oncology. The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. Under Armour Breast Health Innovation Center, USA
Lecture title:
TBA

Liewei Wang,
MD, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic, USA
Lecture title:
TBA

Elad Ziv,
MD
Professor, Medicine & Human Molecular Genetics, Univ. of California San Francisco, USA
Lecture title:
Genetics of the tumor immune microenvironment and response to immunotherapy

Anna Alkelai,
PhD
Professor, Head, Genetic Medicine Dept, Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland
Founder & Special Populations Genetics, Regeneron
Institute for Genomic Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York
Lecture title:Exome sequencing: A powerful tool for deciphering complex genetic disorders.

Antonis Antoniou,
PhD
Professor of Cancer Risk Prediction
Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology
Department of Public Health and Primary Care
University of Cambridge
Lecture title:
CanRisk: personalising breast, ovarian and prostate cancer risk prediction for prevention and early detection

Sir Walter Bodmer,
PhD
Head, Cancer & Immuno-Genetics, Weatherall Inst. of Molecular Medicine, UK
Lecture title:
Cancer immunotherapy: where next" or "A perspective on cancer and ageing

David C. Christiani,
MD, MPH, MS
Elkan Blout Professor of Environmental Genetics
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA.
Lecture title:
Smoking and tumor mutation burden

Fergus J. Couch,
PhD
Professor of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Mayo Clinic, USA
Lecture title:
Classification of variants of uncertain significance (VUS) in cancer predisposition genes

Susan Domchek,
MD
Professor of Oncology & Executive Director, Basser Center for BRCA, Pennsylvania Univ., USA
Lecture title:
Germaine testing informing systemic cancer therapy

Gareth Evans,
MB, BS, MD
Professor in Medical Genetics & Cancer Epidemiology, Manchester Univ., UK
Lecture title:
Breast cancer risk stratification in women of screening age: Incremental effects of adding mammographic density, polygenic risk, and a gene panel.

Gaddy Getz,
PhD
Director, Cancer Genome Computational Analysis Group, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, USA
Lecture title:
TBA

Stephen B. Gruber,
MPH, MD, PhD
Vice President, COH Medical Center, Center for Precision Medicine City of Hope, USA
Lecture title:
TBA

Anthony Howell,
MB, Bsc
Professor of Medical Oncology, Manchester Univ., UK
Lecture title:
The implications of including gene testing, SNPs and density into moderate and high risk clinics and how this alters management with respect to screening and chemoprevention

Ian Jacobs,
MD
Professor, President & Vice-Chancellor of UNSW, Australia
Lecture title:
TBA

Dhavendra Kumar,
MD, DSc (Hon), FRCP,
FRCPI, FRCPCH, FACMG
Hon. Professor William Harvey Heart Research Institute, QMUL. Hon. Consultant in Clinical Genetics / Cardiovascular Genetics, Barts Heart Centre, St. Barts Hospital. Medical Director/ CEO- The Genomic Medicine Foundation. Hon. Professor Medicine, Swansea School of Medicine, Swansea, UK
Lecture title:
Genomic approaches to sudden cardiac death

Guo-Min Li,
PhD
Professor, Director of Translational Research, Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
Lecture title
The mechanism by which mismatch repair deficiency benefits cancer immunotherapy

Ranjit Manchanda,
MD, MRCOG, PhD
Professor of Gynaecological Oncology & Consultant (Honorary) Gynaecological Oncologist
Lecture title:1. Population testing for Cancer Susceptibility Genes: UK Experience 2.Cost-effectiveness of ovarian cancer prevention (RRSO) for multiple Ovarian cancer genes – RAD51C, RAD51D, BRIP1 and PALB2

Larry Norton,
MD
Senior Vice President, Office of the President, Medical Director, Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center; Norna S. Sarofim Chair in Clinical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
Lecture title:
TBA

Olufunmilayo Olopade,
MD
Professor in Medicine (Oncology) and Human Genetics, Univ. Chicago, USA
Lecture title:
Reimagining a World without Breast Cancer: Getting to the Root of Inherited Susceptibility

Michael F. Press,
MD, PhD
Professor, Molecular & Human Genetics, PediatriProfessor of Pathology, Southern California Univ., USAc Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Lecture title:
TBA

Harvey A. Risch,
MD, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology, Yale Univ., USA
Lecture title:
Clinical Medical Evidence is Not Dominated by Randomized Controlled Trials.

Hope Rugo,
MD
Professor of Medicine, Director, Breast Oncology Clinical Trials Program, Univ. of California at San Francisco, USA
Lecture title:
TBA

Xiao-Ou Shu,
MD, PhD
Ingram Professor for Cancer Research.Associate Director for Global Health, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.
Lecture title:
Circulating miRNAs as diagnostic and early detection biomarkers for pancreatic cancer.

Sapna Syngal,
MD, MPH
Director of Research, Division of Cancer Genetics and Prevention, Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School.
Lecture title:
Development of the PREMMplus model and novel health care delivery models for identification of hereditary cancer predisposition

Jeffrey N. Weitzel,
MD
Vice President, Medical Affairs, Natera, USA
Lecture title:
Multi-level implementation of genomic cancer risk assessment in Latin America: Lessons learned in the GRACIAS project

Lecture title:
Genetic variants in mtDNA encoded microproteins represent novel strategies for precision-based drug discovery for diseases of aging